Common, Crucial Medical Device Often Gives Wrong Readings for Black Patients
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MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine…
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine…
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine…
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine…
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine…
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine…
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine…
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine…
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine…
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine…
By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, July 11, 2022 -- Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought…
By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the pandemic…
Often when Dr. Thomas Valley sees a new patient in the intensive care unit at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, he clamps a pulse…
(CNN) — Often when Dr. Thomas Valley sees a new patient in the intensive care unit at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, he clamps…
(CNN) — Often when Dr. Thomas Valley sees a new patient in the intensive care unit at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, he clamps…
But recently, Valley, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan’s Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, realized…
Often when Dr. Thomas Valley sees a new patient in the intensive care unit at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, he clamps a pulse…
Often when Dr. Thomas Valley sees a new patient in the intensive care unit at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, he clamps a pulse…
(CNN)Often when Dr. Thomas Valley sees a new patient in the intensive care unit at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, he clamps a…
Post Views: 3 Pulse oximeterssmall, noninvasive devices that estimate oxygen levels in the bloodare ubiquitous in hospitals.
Newswise — Pulse oximeters—small, noninvasive devices that estimate oxygen levels in the blood—are ubiquitous in hospitals.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the pulse oximeter something of a household item, for at least a large chunk of the public.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the pulse oximeter something of a household item, for at least a large chunk of the public.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the pulse oximeter something of a household item, for at least a large chunk of the public.
The Big Idea WHEN PULSE OXIMETERS FAIL — Inaccuracies in pulse oximeter readings for people of color may have contributed to…
The Food and Drug Administration is convening an advisory panel later this year to investigate Doctors have sometimes failed to…
“It’s really shocking that it was only until 2021 for the FDA to actually issue an alert,” said Uché Blackstock, an emergency…
“It’s really shocking that the FDA only had until 2021 to issue a warning,” said Uche Blackstock, an emergency medicine…
Doctors have sometimes failed to diagnose serious cases of Covid-19 among people of color — and the Food and Drug…
A medical tool that increased in use during the pandemic does not account for skin color in its readings.
Pulse oximeter devices, a common tool used to guide medical decision-making in COVID-19 patients, overestimated the blood…
An oxygen monitor considered crucial to determining treatment for COVID-19 patients has failed to work properly for people of…
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Pfizer is getting closer to federal authorization of its pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, and vaccination protects…
When someone arrives at a hospital due to COVID-19 or just about any other issue, pulse oximeters are the go-to gadget to check…
New research finds that pulse oximeters routinely overestimate the oxygen levels in Black, Hispanic, and Asian people at…
Patients who self-report as Black or Hispanic appear more likely than White patients to experience occult hypoxemia during…
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“Compared to remotely monitoring shortness of breath with simple automated check-ins, we showed that the addition of pulse…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking…
Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking patients with COVID-19 if they are…
Already checked regularly for worsening symptoms via automated text messages, COVID-19 patients with pulse oximeters in a home…
Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking patients with COVID-19 if they are…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking…
PHILADELPHIA— Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking patients with COVID-19 if…
Newswise — PHILADELPHIA— Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking patients with…
Melanin matters: (A–C) Forearms of volunteers with different skin tones (Fitzpatrick scale 1, 4 and 6); the blue line is the…
The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk score is less accurate at predicting in-hospital mortality for ethnic…
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Older adults are increasingly using technologies in their everyday lives, but the needs of this population are often ignored in…
It’s easy for researchers to fall back on using test subjects from the communities around them – students and employees.
Older adults are increasingly using technologies in their everyday lives, but the needs of this population are often ignored in…
Here are 4 tangible ways to make product design more diverse from the outset. Without a diverse range of test subjects, some…
We have accepted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in complex processes — from health care to our daily use of social…
We have accepted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in complex processes — from health care to our daily use of social…
– By Charlene Chu, Assistant Professor, the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto Older adults are…
We have accepted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in complex processes — from health care to our daily use of social…
We have accepted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in complex processes — from health care to our daily use of social…
We have accepted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in complex processes — from health care to our daily use of social…
People interact with machines in countless ways every day. In some cases, they actively control a device, like driving a car or…
People interact with machines in countless ways every day. In some cases, they actively control a device, like driving a car or…
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contributed AP (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.…
People interact with machines in countless ways every day. In some cases, they actively control a device, like driving a car or…
Without a diverse range of test subjects, some new technologies could fail to work as intended for many people.
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE…
People interact with machines in countless ways every day. In some cases, they actively control a device, like driving a car or…
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The Government has announced that it has commissioned a review into the health impact of possible race and gender bias in…
Britain’s health secretary announced Sunday that he’s launched a review of racial and gender biases in medical devices…
O secretário de saúde da Grã-Bretanha anunciou no domingo que lançou uma revisão dos preconceitos raciais e de gênero em…
Britain’s health secretary announced Sunday that he’s launched a review of racial and gender biases in medical devices…
The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for a wide-ranging appraisal of racial bias throughout the health system after…
A recent study by Michigan Medicine researchers found that pulse oximeters — small blood-oxygen reading devices that clip to…
Si chiama Joel Bervell, ha 26 anni e studia medicina. Il suo impegno attivo da creator per smentire tutte le bufale sulle…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pulse oximeters are significantly more likely to miss low oxygen levels in Blacks than in Whites, a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pulse oximeters are significantly more likely to miss low oxygen levels in Blacks than in whites, a…
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The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday signed off on a new smartwatch that includes a blood oxygen monitor and…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a force to be reckoned with in healthcare.
National Health Service (NHS) said that pulse oximeter readings in dark-skinned people, Asians, or other minorities are more…
A person’s blood oxygen level is the amount of oxygen that is circulating in their blood.
A normal blood oxygen level reading from a pulse oximeter should be between 95% to 100%.
Sanjana Gupta,Jason R. McKnight A normal blood oxygen level reading from a pulse oximeter should be between 95% to 100%.
What it looks like when racism affects healthcare — and how we must do better.
Amy Moran-Thomas 06.04.2021 09:00 AM The pandemic drew attention to the racial bias built into pulse oxes.
We don't think of everyday devices as biased against race or gender, but they can be.
Telemedicine use soared during the pandemic, but remote patient monitoring has not followed suit.
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An analysis of nearly a decade’s worth of data from clinical trials of vaccines found that minority groups and older adults…
An analysis of nearly a decade’s worth of data from clinical trials of vaccines found that minority groups and older adults…
Print Tuesday, February 23 2021 ABC News Radio By MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- Pulse oximeters, medical devices…